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Disability Insurance Benefits

By: Derek Hawkins//February 14, 2017//

Disability Insurance Benefits

By: Derek Hawkins//February 14, 2017//

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Douglas A. Bird v. Nancy A. Berryhill

Case No.: 16-2000

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges

Focus: Disability Insurance Benefits

The Social Security Administration denied Douglas Bird’s application for disability insurance benefits. After he sought judicial review, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), the Commissioner agreed with him that the agency’s adverse decision should be set aside and moved that the matter be remanded for further proceedings before an administrative law judge. But that proposal did not satisfy Bird, who wanted the district court to bypass further proceedings before an ALJ and instead simply direct the agency to award him benefits. The district court refused, precipitating this appeal.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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